Mask with horns · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3032070
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Alfred Ries, Wiesbaden, Germany (former ambassador in Liberia)Size
H: 80 cm
H: 31.5 inch
Description
wood, black grounding, accents in red and white, striking long and curved horns, accentuated by changina colours, bamboo cross bar on the back for fixing the mask with the teeth (traces of teeth), pierced around the rim, rep. (horn), insect caused damage, abrasion
Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 90, ill. 11